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Strange about the Charcoal Gray paint. I checked the Home Depot website and it says there are 7 cans in stock at the Brenham store. Well, when I checked this morning there were zero cans at HD in brenham...maybe they found a few cans. But I’m not trying to make a 1.5 hour round trip for a $5 can of...

Understood...I’ll go slow and make sure I keep everything straight...I think I may need a pair of snap ring pliers too... I’m debating whether to primer over the paint or take it down to bare metal...also, apparently no one within 50 miles of here has any cans of rustoleum charcoal gray. Lowe’s had ...

I bought a 3” PVC pipe and capped it today...have one way tube soaking in evaporust in it now...will flip that tube over tomorrow...then the same with the other one. Then will dunk the cast iron parts and prepare for paint. I received the following parts and have put them aside... Quill handle and k...

Best retailer you can recommend to buy the Fafnir/Timkin bearings please? I’ll get them ordered ASAP...

In the last post you mentioned clean/repack the bearings if y’all think I should There are two sets of 2 bearings. 2 for the Drive Sleeve and 2 for the Quill. All are sealed bearings so if they are bad they need to be replaced. I cannot feel or hear any problems with the bearings yet, but haven’t t...

Ok, I’ll keep that in mind...may just order a rod from mcmaster.com So I had loads of fun today...lol. I took the motor to get rewired...I’m ok with DC stuff, but I leave the AC stuff to the professionals. Please don’t burn me at the stake — I understand I could probably figure it out ok, but I just...

Yes, one is short and one is long (table posts)...but if you look in the picture of the cleaned up parts, that steel rod is there too...the tool rest can fit on one end of that rod...not sure if that’s how it’s supposed to go though...

I’ll try to find the proper knob for the handle...

Hi, Russ...you mentioned not seeing a table riser arm... I looked it up and do have one...it has a set screw in it at the moment instead of that small knob. I don’t have any other small knobs to replace the set screw, so I’ll need to try to source one...

I just tried again for about a half hour...that thing isn’t budging.

JPG wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 5:57 pm It would be good if that anvil had a hole in it.

It does, but sadly not large enough for the cup center...about 15 pounds, so pretty small...